Title: Bridge Over Troubled water

Author: Tu

Rating: R

Disclaimer: I don't own House, MD or any of the characters on the show. All the original characters are mine.

Any and All reviews are welcome.

Alex arrived at the ER of PPTH just in time for the shift change. As he lay on the bed he looked around him. For a teaching hospital, this place was pretty nice. Alex grinned as a young doctor entered his room.

"Alex Reed?"

"Yeap." Alex said struggling to sit up.

"It says here that you are experiencing pain in your left calf." The doctor said reading the chart.

"Yes, Sir." Alex said.

Jake jumped in." He can't put weight on it. And when I felt the muscle there was a lump. Alex has had some heath problems lately, and we felt it would be best to have it checked out."

"I'm sure it's just a pulled muscle." The doctor said," But just to be sure, I'm going to order some X-Ray's and draw some blood to test. Are you allergic to any medication?"

"No, I'm not allergic to anything."

"Any recent aches or pains you couldn't explain? Any unusual bruising?" the doctor said.

"My wrist has been hurting and I have a bruise on my left calf right about where the pain started." Alex said

"Did you feel any pain in that area before today?" asked the doctor making notes.

"No."

"Any nausea, vomiting, or sensitivity to light?"

"No, none of them." Alex said laying back. He felt a little weak.

"Any numbness in the figures or toes?" the doctor asked.

"No, sir." Alex replied," I do feel a little weak thought."

The doctor nodded. "Just lay back and we'll get those X-Ray's as soon as we can so you can rest."

Alex lay on the X-Ray table as a nice Technician talked to him. She was telling him about how he was one of her son's heroes. After Superman and Patton Manning. Alex smiled and was about to reply when a spike of pain shot thought his body. He suddenly felt nauseous and was having trouble seeing. Alex could hear the Technician calling for a doctor and could hear her calling his name. She was suddenly standing over him, then she went all fuzzy and everything went black. Alex could hear movement around him but couldn't wake up.

Alex awoke to light being shone in his eyes. Blinking he tried to push it away. His arms felt heavy and were hard to move. His mouth was dry and it felt like his tongue weighed a ton. A doctor stood over him shining the light in his eyes. When Alex tried to move the doctor pulled away and smiled at him.

"Hello, Alex. My name is Doctor James Wilson. Do you know where you are?"

"Yes, the hospital." Alex croaked out. "Can I have something to drink?"

A cup was placed in his hand. Alex had trouble keeping a grip on it. A hand shot out and helped bring it to his lips. Alex turned his head and saw Danny was helping him. Danny looked worried.

"Thanks." Alex said softly, "What happened?"

"What is the last thing you remember Alex?" Wilson asked him.

"I remember laying on the X-Ray table and the Technician was talking to me. Then there was this spike of pain and everything went black." Alex replied softly.

Alex looked around him. He was no longer in the ER. The room he was in was a regular hospital room. Alex could hear a steady beeping coming from beside his bed. He looked over to find a heart monitor. He could see IVS running into both his arms. A familiar medical bracelet was on his wrist. Alex sighed as he realized something was very, very wrong.

"Dr. Wilson, what's going on?" Alex asked shutting his eyes.

"I'm not sure. We need to run some test on you." Wilson answered looking down at him. According to you medical records Mr. Field here is your legal guardian. Is there any one you would like us to call for you?"

Alex slowly shook his head. It felt like a knife was stabbing him. "No, Danny's it."

Wilson looked at him with sad eyes." Well, I'll let you get some sleep."

"Dr. Wilson," Alex said softly, "My head really hurts."

"The pain killers we gave you should kick in at any moment. If they don't kick in soon, call the nurse and she'll give you some more."

Alex slowly nodded and closed his eyes. Alex had no way of knowing things were going to get worse.

Next Morning.

James Wilson had never seen blood work results like the ones before him. The patient's vitals were all over the chart. It was like something out of a medical textbook. Wilson knew that this was bad, very bad. Most of the test results should have belonged to a sixty or seventy year old man, not a sixteen year old. Something was slowly killing Alex Reed. Wilson was not only worried about the test results but also Alex's X-Ray's. He had a series of masses on his left leg from his lower thigh all the way to his ankle. The masses were on his bones and in the muscles. They ranged in size from a tiny dot to one almost as big as orange. Alex had also begun having other problems beyond just the black out and pain. Wilson knew that biopsies were needed, but Alex was in no condition at the moment. Wilson grabbed all the paper work and made his way to House's office.

Greg House was in a word bored. He had solved all the strange cases the hospital currently had. He had forced Chase to go do his Clinic hours and sent Cameron to get him something to eat. He was currently watching Forman doing paperwork on the other side of the table. Even twirling his cane had gotten old. House tipped his head back just in time to see an upside down Cuddy storming toward him, with Chase in tow.

"We're in trouble, hide." He said to Forman.

"No, you're in trouble." Forman replied not looking up from his work.

"Dr. House, why is Dr. Chase in the Clinic doing your hours? Is there some crises I don't know about?" Cuddy asked stopping in front of him.

Chase had the good sense to sit as far away from House as possible.

"Yes, Cuddy, I have a crisis, there are no cases." House replied.

Cuddy sighed and gave him a look. "There are plenty of cases, House, both in the Hospital and Clinic."

"Nope, none I like." House nodded to Cameron as she entered and set his sandwich down.

Cuddy gave him a look before threatening him." House, you have ten minutes to get to the Clinic before I double your hours."

"But muuuum," House whinned, "None of the other kids have to do more hours."

"That's because they do their assigned hours." Cuddy said staring at him.

House was about to make a snappy comeback when a frustrated, looking Wilson entered.

"House, I have a case for you." Wilson said finally looking up. He stopped at the sight of Cuddy. "That is unless, you're busy."

House jumped up and grabbed the folder from Wilson." Nope."

House quickly read the file. He stopped, looked up at Wilson in disbeilief. "Someone messed up. There is no way this kid's test results are like this."

Wilson shook his head." I had them run them twice. Same results each time."

House reread the file. There was something very wrong here. He walked over to the table and set the file down. He walked to the board and grabbed the marker.

"Alex Reed, 16 yr male. Brought into the ER yesterday with sever pain in his left calf. While having X-Ray's he blacked out and was unresponsive for three hours. Complained of headacke after waking. Weakness in his arms. During the night he had muscle spasms, weakness in the legs and extreme dry mouth." House said turning around." This is the seventh time this year he's been hospitalized with strange symptoms."

"According to his medical charts, he's a pro. Athlete." Chase said reading the file," Could be drugs."

"It could a blood issue." Cameron said.

"No, the test results ruled that out." Wilson said.

"The kid's 16, his body could be having a violent reaction to hormones." Foreman said.

Cuddy took the file from Chase and looked it over. "No," she said," His doctor ruled it out." Her pager suddenly went off. Looking at it she sighed and handed Wilson the file." Figure it out." She said leaving.

"Well, she's finally gone." House said leaning against his cane."Cameron, get me a full medical history. I want to know everything. If this kid's had a pimple that lasted longer then three days I want to know. Chase, draw some more blood and test it. I want him tested for everything under the sun. I don't care how rare or unlikely, test him for it. Foreman, talk to the team's trainer and doctor and the kid'steammates. I want to know everything about this kid."

"You need to see these." Wilson said putting up the x-rays." These were taken yesterday."

House stared at the leg." This is bad. This kid is in real trouble."

Wilson sighed as House grabbed a medical journal and began flipping through it.

"What do you think his chances are?"